Now Wall Street is f**king with our teeth.......

[superpatriotman]

9. Bits from the article:

• ...Medicaid outlays on dentistry, which rose 63 percent to $7.4 billion between 2007 and 2010, outstripping the 4.9 percent growth in other dental spending.

• ReachOut is one of at least 25 dental management-services companies bought or backed by private-equity firms in the last decade.

• The companies account for about 12,000, or 8 percent, of U.S. dentists...

• A ReachOut recruiting ad last year promised “15+ patients/day” and “$120K/year (+ bonus opportunity)” by working “school hours 1-5 days per week.”

• Investigators are looking at allegations that dentists placed crowns on children needing only less-expensive fillings, or put needless braces on 12-year-olds with baby teeth -- at taxpayer expense...

• All Smiles and its founder, Richard Malouf, previously agreed to pay the U.S. and Texas $1.2 million to settle Medicaid fraud allegations between 2004 and 2007, without admitting wrongdoing.


End Medicaid fraud and abuse now. Governor Rick Scott, I'm looking at you.